Single-judge Justice AS Kilor granted bail to Aggrawal on the ground that he had been in prison for about 4.5 years and the trial was nowhere near conclusion.
“Moreover, prima facie, there is no material to suggest that the alleged act was committed by the applicant with intention. To secure the presence of the applicant at the trial, certain stringent conditions can be imposed” the court held, proceeding to grant bail.
Aggrawal was employed in the technical research section of BrahMos’ missile centre at Nagpur.
He was arrested in 2018 in a joint operation by the Military Intelligence and the Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra after he was booked for offences under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
Source: Barandbench
